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1. Sabre Dance
2. I’m Confessin’ That I Love You
3. There’ll Never Be Another You
4. Espana Cani
5. Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
6. Granada
7. Stars & Stripes Militaire
8. Sweet Sue
9. Springtime on the Danube
10. Night on Witches Mountain
11. French Touch
12. Whippoorwill Polka

And now… Back to the important stuff… Harmonica music!

I found this fine Johnny Puleo record at the same Goodwill where I came across Sharity #2: Johnny Puleo and his Harmonica Gang – Jewish and Israeli Favorites. This new record opens with the craziness of the Sabre Dance. If you think you don’t know the Sabre Dance, I’ll be willing to bet that you actually do… OK, think of the frenetic music that is oft to accompany your second-rate magician whilst they move boxes around the stage to distract you from the beautiful assistant sliding into the trapdoor before she is cut to pieces. That’s the Sabre Dance… and it’s even crazier when played by gangster mouth-organists. But don’t trust my word, I suggest you download the album and find out for yourself.

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1. My Kind Of Girl
2. Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo
3. Bye Bye Baby
4. Stella By Starlight
5. Coquette
6. Sweet Sue, Just You
7. Linda
8. Tammy
9. Rosetta
10. Dear Heart
11. Ruby
12. Sweethearts On Parade

If Buddy Cole was the lonely man of the 50’s (see Sharity #15), I think it’s safe to say Lenny Dee was the lucky man of the 60’s. Where Buddy was writing songs about being taken advantage of, and women being mean to him, Lenny was simply cueing the ladies up and handing them batons. Be it Linda, or Tammy, or Rosetta, or Ruby, or Stella, or poor Sue, to whom he apparently lied (Sweet Sue, Just You), Lenny was a ladies man. I guess the piano was passé and the birds were flocking to the hip new sounds of the Hammond Model AV. Whatever the reason, it’s clear that LD had the chops.

This selection pairs well with a light Chianti… Bon appétit!

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1. Lover Come Back To Me
2. You Took Advantage Of Me
3. Mean To Me
4. Almost In Your Arms
5. Fulfillment
6. Love Me Or Leave Me
7. If I Could Be With You
8. Sleepy Time Gal
9. No Other Love
10. Chloe
11. Indian Summer
12. It Happend In Monterey

Buddy Cole must have had it pretty bad. Just check out the titles of the first seven songs on this album… Lover Come Back To Me, You Took Advantage Of Me, Mean To Me, Almost In Your Arms, Fulfillment (short lived, one can assume), Love Me Or Leave Me, If I Could Be With You. The guy was a wreck. Strangely, the music is mostly upbeat and jazzy. There’s even a cha cha thrown in for good measure. Mr. Cole must have been the most upbeat lonely guy of the 50’s.

I suggest you give it a listen!

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Just updated the covers page… there are now 76 links!

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1. Bubbles in the Wine
2. The Girl Friend
3. Josephine
4. Hey Mr. Banjo
5. In a Little Spanish Town
6. Clarinet Polka
7. Tonight We Love
8. Louise
9. The Poor People of Paris
10. Lichtersteiner Polka
11. Till the End of Time
12. La Ronde

Hey! I am posting twice in one day… Plans have been in the works to speed up my digitizing process, by the magic of organization, so this should be a more common occurrence.

Lemme start by saying that this is a really great recording. It may have the best sound quality of anything I have posted thus far. As for the music, this one is another toe-tapper like “Cocktails Anyone?” but with a little more variety. Why don’t you give it a looksy and a pokesy and tell me what you think?

Enjoy!

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1. The Song Is You
2. The Way You Look Tonight
3. The Night Was Made For Love
4. The Last Time I Saw Paris
5. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
6. Look For The Silver Lining
7. All The Things You Are
8. Long Ago And Far Away
9. They Didn’t Believe Me
10. I’ve Told Every Little Star

This week’s fine piece of sharity is part Lawrence Welk part Carl Stalling. Need I say more? Well, I will… I suspect this record was originally manufactured to tout that which was most important to the mid-sixties gentleman, his stereo prowess. The instruments during each song’s “ping-pong-percussion” prelude exist in one of two places, left or right, there is no in-between. This is the kind of stereo soundstage The Beatles and George Martin drooled over.
Enjoy!

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Just updated the covers page… I will post when I update the covers from now on.

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1. Alouette
2. Moritat (Mack the Knife)
3. Petite Fantasy (Slightly Out)
4. La Violetera
5. Arrivederci Roma
6. Volare
7. Petite Fleur
8. Blanc Sur Blanc (White on White)
9. Sorrento
10. St. Germain

Another week, another post… Well, a little more than a week really. The page-o-links took my free time last week, so I’m a tad behind, but I promise many more fun things are on the way.

This time ’round we gots a humdinger of a fine little jazzy tuney thing coming your way. A smidgen of jazz, a touch of lounge, and lots of European flare make this a pleasant LP for almost any occasion. Give it a whirl!

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